kkfdkerpoe

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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Depends on the area. Lots of countryside areas have high unemployment statistically, but are actually very chill because there are so few people, and most of them are retirees. With adequate internet connectivity they can be perfect for rem
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
"Work ethics" = Spending the best years of your life doing something you don't like, just to make shareholders richer while you remain relatively poor. As an extreme example we have South Korea, which is essentially a dying s
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Yes, lots of giants for a country with GDP lower than that of Italy. Perhaps they refer to the bellies of the oligarchy that owns the companies.
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
There absolutely is a black market for selling airplane parts to sanctioned countries. As an example, Cuban state airline Cubana has been flying ATR turboprops with American made engines (and many other parts) since 2002 or so. Even with wi
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
The potential huge impact of climate change could very well start the nuclear war. Masses of hungry, broke and desperate people don't do good for politics as we've seen again and again in the past. One can only hope that they turn
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Living in inner city might make you a social hub if you're an extroverted person in the first place. For an introvert like me it didn't make much of a difference, though I did find a spouse, which probably wouldn't have happe
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Apart from farming, there is an obvious source of income - tourism services for urban people who want to relax in a more peaceful environment. Lots of old and small farms in my country have moved to that after farming wasn't profitable
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
How exactly is Reddit a "porn filled shit hole"? I don't see any porn in the vast majority of subreddits. Nobody forces you to visit the rest, and they are typically even marked adult-only. Besides, are porn and racism really
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Elm has lots of great ideas, but if I were making decisions in a company, I wouldn't use it in production for anything big and long-living. Simply too much of a risk in terms of support, and finding developers with experience using it.
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Software devs may always move somewhere with lower living costs. Good for lots of people who have been forced to move into places like Silicon Valley with crazy expensive housing, even though they would rather live elsewhere.
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
I think one would have to be mad to love many ordinary software jobs out there. Being a cog in the machine, with average salary, and a job to maintain boring legacy apps, now that really doesn't sound fun to me. It might be a decent jo
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Studying AND "living a little" at the same time isn't that hard with all the exchange programs EU universities provide. Traveling within Europe is also very cheap. It's mainly just an excuse for people who don't wan
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Here in Finland we have generous paternity leave that people aren't afraid to use, yet birth rates are very similar to Japan. IMO it's partially cultural, but also lack of stability in employment, having to spend too many years st
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
I think the sensible model is to eventually get rid of most car traffic in city centres, and concentrate the parking spots in suburbs, with adequate public transport to denser areas. Personally I couldn't live without a car. Not becaus
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by kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Bike theft is a big problem at least here in Finland, especially for expensive bikes.
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
For a long time to come there are lots of physical tasks that AI can't do, at least not as long as robots are nowhere near humans in their physical ability. At the same time the world is aging, and there's a big shortage of care w
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
Defunding of old people's homes (and lack of staff) seems to be a problem in my here in FInland as well. Elders who aren't in good enough condition to live alone end up just flooding ER rooms. Nurses visiting at home may be cheape
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
I don't know about Japan, but sometimes older buildings may be genuinely better built than newer ones, which is a rational reason to value them in additional to historical value. The "expected service life" of a building grea
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
The list of "very safe airlines" there has lots of Western airlines. Having no history of accidents does not equal being safe, actually useful measure is number of accidents per flight hours (and even that is only useful for big a
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
Safety and customer experience are two different things that may not correlate much most of the time. I'll rather have top quality pilots and maintenance than friendliest flight attendants if I have to choose between two.
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
Almost crashing your airplane is always a major incident in commercial aviation.
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
I wouldn't mind getting fired if I worked for a corporation that can't even provide proper screens for employees. Not getting equipment from employer is only acceptable for startups low on cash.
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
Exactly. It's entirely employer's responsibility to provide tools and equipment for the work, except perhaps stuff that you can keep, like tables, chairs and screens for home office. Only freelancers/entrepreneurs should pay
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
There's a good chance AI and robotics can replace a big portion of human workforce. If that happens, then the high ratio of old people to young is no longer a problem.
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
Only works as a temporary solution. Eventually you'll run out of wage-slaves even if you hire from the entire planet as young people can't afford having children with those salaries. What if shareholders were happy with a bit less
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
You could also take a look at used fanless thin clients from HP and such. Cheap, totally silent, still fairly low electricity consumption but more power.
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
If we look at recent advances in AI there's a good chance that many of the high-paying jobs you're jealous of might be automated away before lower-paying physical labour and such. Education is not the pathway to success it used to
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are doing great really, even if the Polish government is anti-EU sometimes. According to latest statistics Estonia has better education system, economic growth and birth rate than Finland. The rate at w
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by kkfdkerpoe 4y ago
Guess what keeps those black neighbourhoods poor? Lack of progressive taxation, which also impacts poor people of all other colors as well, including whites. Many Americans are obsessed with race, but really the main source of inequality is